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Confederate Senator Responds to Lincoln’s Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

Milliken's Bend Posted on October 3, 2012 by Milliken's BendOctober 16, 2013

Confederate Congressmen responded swiftly to Lincoln’s Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, condemning it as a heinous and offensive act, deliberately constructed to promote a bloody and horrific slave uprising. Senator Thomas Jenkins Semmes of Louisiana saw horrors ahead. Lincoln’s proclamation “is a more »

Posted in Civil War, Confederate, Milliken's Bend, Politics, Slavery | Tagged Louisiana, South, Thomas Jenkins Semmes | Leave a reply

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